---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions."
description: "Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "Washington HB 1244 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wylie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e4cc98f-9cf1-4cb3-9758-e2c013e99cab"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1244&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0f2b7a4dd4fd265e63db137be6825b8105f8f823b99f465b3dc7249b47ec7ab4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1244 (2025-2026) — Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1244.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1244-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1244-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#22) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **57–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wylie — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (TR 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-20** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Chapter 175, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date 4/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e4cc98f-9cf1-4cb3-9758-e2c013e99cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).